Leslie Rissler: Difference between revisions

Rissler has published over 35 papers on a diverse range of biological questions and systems pertaining to the distribution of organisms and the mechanisms generating species range limits.<ref>{{cite journal|last1=Rissler|first1=LJ|first2=H M |last2=Wilbur|first3=DR|last3=Taylor|date=2004|title=The influence of ecology and genetics on behavioral variation in salamander populations across the Eastern Continental Divide.|journal=American Naturalist |volume=164|pages=201–213 |DOI=10.1086/422200}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal|last1=Lapointe|first1= FJ|first2=L J|last2=Rissler |date=2005|title=Congruence, concensus, and the comparative phylogeography of codistributed species in California.|journal=American Naturalist |volume=166|pages=290–299|DOI= 10.1086/431283}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal|last1=Rissler|first1=L J|first2=R |last2=Hijmans |first3=C|last3=Graham|first4=C|last4=Moritz |first5=D|last5=Wake|date=2006|title=Phylogeographic lineages and species comparisons in conservation analyses: A case study of California herpetofauna. |journal=American Naturalist |volume=167|pages=655–666 |DOI=10.1086/503332}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal|last1=Hickerson|first1=MJ|first2=BC|last2=Carstens|first3=J|last3=Cavender-Bares|first4=KA|last4=Crandall|first5=C H |last5=Graham|first6=J|last6=Johnson |first7=LJ|last7=Rissler|first8=PF|last8=Victoriano|first9=A D|last9=Yoder|date=2010 |title=Phylogeography’s past, present, and future: 10 years after Avise, 2000. |journal=Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution |volume=54|pages=291–301| DOI=10.1016/j.ympev.2009.09.016}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal|last1=Rissler|first1=LJ|first2=JJ |last2=Apodaca|date=2007 |title=Adding more ecology into species delimitation: Ecological niche models and phylogeography help define cryptic species in the black salamander (Aneides flavipunctatus). |journal=Systematic Biology |volume=56|pages=924–942| DOI=10.1080/10635150701703063}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal|last1=Buckley |first1=L B |first2=M C |last2=Urban|first3=MJ|last3=Angilletta|first4=LG |last4=Crozier |first5=L J |last5=Rissler |first6=MW |last6=Sears|date=2010|title=Can mechanism inform species’ distribution models? |journal=Ecology Letters |volume=13|pages=1041–1054|DOI=10.1111/j.1461-0248.2010.01479.x}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal|last1=Crespi |first1=EJ|first2=R |last2=Brown |first3=L J|last3=Rissler|date=2010|title=Taxonomic revision of Desmognathus wright (Caudata: Plethodontidae)|journal=Herpetologica |volume=66|pages=283–295|doi=http://dx.doi.org/10.1655/HERPETOLOGICA-D-09-00002.1}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal|last1=Rissler|first1=LJ|first2=WH |last2=Smith|date=2010|title=Amphibian contact zone and phylogeographical break hotspots across the continental United States. |journal=Molecular Ecology|volume=19|pages=5404–5416|DOI=10.1111/j.1365-294X.2010.04879.x}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal|last1=Angert|first1=AL|first2=LG |last2=Crozier |first3=LJ|last3=Rissler|first4=SE|last4=Gilman|first5=JJ|last5=Tewksbury|first6=AJ|last6=Chunco|date=2011|title=Do species traits predict recent shifts at expanding range edges? |journal=Ecology Letters |volume=14|pages=677–689|DOI=10.1111/j.1461-0248.2011.01620.x}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal|last1=Newman|first1=CE|first2=JA |last2=Feinberg |first3=LJ|last3= Rissler|first4=J |last4=Burger|first5= HB|last5=Shaffer|date=2012|title=A new species of leopard frog (Anura: Ranidae) from the urban northeastern U.S. |journal=Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution|volume=63|pages=445–455|doi=10.1016/j.ympev.2012.01.021}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal|last1=Crespi |first1=EJ |first2=LJ |last2=Rissler|first3=NM|last3= Mattheus |first4=K |last4=Engbrecht |first5=S I |last5=Duncan |first6=T|last6=Seaborn |first7=E M|last7= Hall |first8=JD|last8= Peterson |first9=J |last9=Brunner|date=2015|title=Geophysiology of wood frogs: Landscape patterns of prevalence of disease and circulating hormone concentrations across the Eastern Range. |journal=Integrative and Comparative Biology |volume=55|pages=602–617| doi=10.1093/icb/icv096}}</ref> Much of the work has direct implications for conservation and biological systematics. She focuses on comparative phylogeography and the role of biological and physical factors influencing range limits, and has developed methods in the field of comparative phylogeography (including using models combining natural history and environmental data) to help clarify the biogeographic distribution and evolutionary relationships of organisms. She has been involved in the discovery of new species, including the Northern Pygmy Salamander (Desmognathus organi) and the Atlantic Coast Leopard Frog in the New York region (Rana klauffeldi) and also conducts evolutionary analyses on federally threatened species like the Red Hills Salamander (Phaeognathus hubrichti) and the Flattened Musk Turtle (Sternotherus depressus).